Auxiliary pistol stock



Dec. 11 1923. 1,477,445

l J. F.'r--l-:TRl'rs :|-lI

AUXILIARY PISTOL STOCK Filed March Vso, 1925' Fx@ s d. F. PETRLTSCH,

@may 7 n panying drawing, wheren i VPatented Dec. 31l, 1923.r

, Nrren ATE s i e Jonnr. rnrnrrscrr, -`on BENQ, NEVADA.`

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i A pplicaton'filed Maren 30,1923.` vSerial No. 6,218,757.

i: TaaZZ .whom may concerne:

Be itknown .that I', JOHN F. Pnrnrrscrr, a citizen of tha-United States, residing at Rendinthe .eonntyof Washoe and'State of 1 ,5 l Nevada, have invented certain new and .usef `fill Iniproiernents 2in ffbuxiliary fstol Stocks and I -do herebyfdeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactl description of the invention, such `as will enable `others Afio .skilled in -the art `to. which it appertains to make and .use the same. Y f The present invention relates lto an auxil@ i'ary pistol stonk, and aims to provide" a novel and impro-vedstock `adapted for ,at-f I .i5 ftaclfnnent to afpisto'l whichwill enable the "rearm to beuseda's arie,` p n Another object" offthle invention 'is the 'provision of an auxiliary pistol stoel; Vof novel "rand improved construction, `and capar-efo ,ble gofbeingconveniently fashioned `from i `With the foregoingy and other objects in view, which willbe apparent asthe deserip `tion.proceedsftheinvention resides in the construction and `arrangemen t of parts, ,as hereinafter described and claimed, it being runderstood that changes loan bemade withfin thescope of what` is Claimed, without' departingzfromathe spirit .of `the invention. The invention is illustrated 'in Athe accorn Y Figure 1 fisa .side elevation `of the stoel:

as applied toa .pistol. j' l .Fig..2 is `a side `elevationQof .the stock re-` movedffromthepistol.; 'y' ".Fig is an enlarged sectional thelmeB-: ofFig. 1 g

`.lower rattaching for handle7e1`ig'ag;ing

.portion [of thestock. t

Athon@ T11@ Steek, assiliowajis"intended ,for agr be"f nlapted forother pistols also. l. The stock i formed V110.111 singlellength tachrnent l to .a e Luger pistol,` although lit `Can of .a bar or strip of metal which is stijf though resilient,` so as to withstand the Strains when dsehalgng the pistol., al.-

Ah1 capable of beine Sprung "forffinplyr ing the stock` toafnd `reinovir'ilg frornthe pistol. The baror strip is bent or formed to provide .the upper andflower lon nal members 10 and 11 connected rear ends by the curved ,shoulder-,engaging portion Jor Vrest 12 `.to bear `against the shoulder, in the `man-ner of a riie,for steady/ing or .Strip iS alsoY :bent to form tllesecnd-iy upper and lower members. '14. :15 .Gaaning rearwardly fronifthe forwardhends, of the members lOland 11 at the adjacent sides ,e

thereoffand connected ,at their rear ends "by a loop `or yoke 16 ,between the endsgofxthe members 10 .and l1. The members 1121 and 15 are shorter than the members `10 and 111, and the memberl: is disposedagainst the `:forward portion of thememberl() at the lowersurface thereof, whilethe member--15 is' disposed on theupper surfaceof the mem- `:ber 1l" at the forward portion ofsaidmember 11. The uppermemberl() has its rear `portion ofset upwardly, as at A13, whereby the `rear portion ofthestockis wider than the forward portion thereof.` l The terminals of the bar or strip are located at the forward ends of the members 10fand' 14, and said terminals are formed into hookl'r, ythe .terminals of thepbar. or `strip being preferably welded or merged togather to` form the hook, ,and1 themembers ".10 and 121 are rlsosecured together adjacent .to the hook by .ineens of a rivet 18 or ,other securing element. ylfhe ,hoo-k* "17 `is shaped to engage over' and 4withinaloop or eye 119 atthe rear end of the pistol20, v The hook `17 can be formed torfengage `,dijierent portions of "different makes of pistols, as will vbe apparent.

The forward end of steek also a .lower .attaching p portion to engage the pisltol below vtheupper `attaching portion or midi their I hook 17. Thus, the forward ends ofthe members 11 and 15 are connected by a loop or attaching portion 22 extending upwardly at an obtuse angle, and comprising the front -and rear portions 23and 24 integral with the respective members 11 and 15. The members' 11 and 15 are secured together in rear of the loop 22 by meansoffa rivet 25 or other securing element. The portions'23 and 24 of the loop 22' have a slot .26 extending across or through the bend of theloop,

and the slot is narrower in the portion -23 at a distance below7 the bend V of theloop, as

suliiciently wide to accommodate the web of the lug with the `portion 23 in frontof the flanges of said lug and the portion 24 in rear of said lug, andthelips orl flanges`28 are adapted to engage in front of the flanges of'said lug, as seen in Fig. 3. YThe loop 22 is engaged with the handle 29 by sliding the loop upwardly Vlalong the flanges or edges of the lug 30 so that the lips 28 engage in the grooves .formed by the flanges of Vthe lug 30. The loop 22 is curved slightly according to the curvature of the lugV or por# tion 30 of the pistolhandle.

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When the members'lO, 11, 14"'and'15are released they will springapartowing tothe resiliency thereof, as seen in Fig. 2, which will also separate the attachingv portions at Y the forward Aend of the stock.` MeansV is .provided fory drawing or moving theupper and lower members of the stock toward one another in advance of the loop or yoke 16.

Such means includes screws 31, preferably eye screws, having their shanks engagino' through the members 10 and 14, and 11 ant 15, respectively, and-'a turn-buckle 32 is threaded on the Vadjacent terminals of said screws, whereby'the upper and lower mehr bers, can be drawn toward one another. Washers 33 are preferably provided on the screws.. e. In `applying the stock to the pistol, the screws 31 vand turnbuckle 32 are unscrewed so that the forward portion of thestock opens slightly, as seen in Fig. 2,"and the loop 22 yis then slid into engagement with the Ylug 30 of the handle 29. The hook 17 isthen engaged over the loop or portion 19 at the rear end of the pistol. The screws 31 and turn-buckle 32 are then tightened, as seen in Fig. 1,`whereby'the` members 10 and 11 are brought into contact with themembers 14 and 15, and if the screws and turnbuckle are tightened sufficiently said members will be sprung toward one another, as seen in Fig. 1, thereby holding thev hook 17 and loop 22 in engagement with the pistol under spring pressurea The loop or yoke 16 is resilient to permit the forward ter-V minal portions'of thestock to besprung toward one another,.but the loop or bend 16 is sufficiently rigid to prevent "the stock from collapsin,g,`i' as well as preventing the, rear of the contracting means'to make the stockv more substantial.

^ {'l/Vhen thestock is thus applied, the pistol can be used in the manner of a rifle, and thel stock is llight in' weight sorthatthe pistol-rifle can be conveniently manipulated. TheY stock isfquickly detached by unscrew'- ing the screws 3-1 and.turn-"bucklev v32, so that the hook 17 can Lbe disengaged from the pistol, thereby permittedthe`floopi22 to be slid fromvthe handler; l Having- .thus described; the invention, whatV is claimed as new is A a LA pistol stock havingra'slotted loop to slidably engage a T-shaped lug on a handle of a pistol, vand other means ,fori attaching tlieistock to the pistol.

.2. A pistol stock havin@r vupperjand lower members, the vlower memberrhaving aVV loop provided witha slot to receive aportion of a handle of .a pistol and lips to engage said portionV for holding the loop'assembled 'with thefvhandle,1and the Yupper memberA 'having a portion'to engageiover a portion of kthe pistol-...f i

lower members, Va shoulderengaging portion connecting 'the rearY ends thereof, secondary upper Vand lower' members secured to and adaptedto bear against the aforesaid upper and lower members, respectively, near the forward ends thereof, aresilient loop con- 3. A'jpistol stock 'comprising upper and,

necting the secondary. members between the l ends of the first named'meinbeis'said members having portions at their forward ends to engage a pistol, and means between said loop and forward ends'of the secondary members for springing'the lrst named and secondary members between said loop and the forward endsof saidmembers. e A Y 4. A pistolstock' comprising upper, and lower members, a shoulder-engaging portion connecting the rear'ends thereof, secondary upper and lower members secured to fand adapted to bear against the aforesaidiupper and lower members, respectively, fnearfthe forward ends thereof, aY resilient loop con- `necting the rear endsof the secondary members between the ends Vof the first. named members, Va loop connectin 'the forward end of one of the first name members and the forward end ofthe corresponding secondary member and formed to engage a portion of a pistol, said membersand loops `constituting a strip of material with its terminals at Vthe forward ends of the other firstV named and secondary members,Y one terminal of the Strip being formed i: With means to engage the pistol, aindfmeafns for v7sginging Said members between the reslis .Y ent loop and .orward ends ofsald'members.

JOHN F. PETRITSCH. Witnesses M. R. WILLIAMS, A. R. SHEWALTER.- 

